2011 Davis Cup

2011 Davis Cup
Details
Duration	4 March – 4 December 2011
Edition	100th
Champion
Winning Nation	Spain
	← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Davis Cup (also known as the 2011 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas for sponsorship purposes) was the 100th edition of a tournament between national teams in men's tennis. Spain was the championship team, winning the final over Argentina, 3–1.^[1]^[2]

The draw took place in September 2010 in Brussels, Belgium.^[3]

World Group[edit]

Participating Teams
Argentina	Austria	Belgium	Chile
Croatia	Czech Republic	France	Germany
India	Kazakhstan	Romania	Russia
Serbia	Spain	Sweden	United States

Seeds:

Draw[edit]


First round 4–6 March			Quarterfinals 8–10 July			Semifinals 16–18 September			Final 2–4 December

Novi Sad, Serbia (indoor hard)

1	Serbia	4
			Halmstad, Sweden (indoor hard)
	India	1
			1	Serbia	4
Borås, Sweden (indoor hard)
				Sweden	1
7	Russia	2
						Belgrade, Serbia (indoor hard)
	Sweden	3
						1	Serbia	2
Ostrava, Czech Republic (indoor hard)
						5	Argentina	3
4	Czech Republic	2
			Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay) 7–9 July
	Kazakhstan	3
				Kazakhstan	0
Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)
			5	Argentina	5
5	Argentina	4
									Seville, Spain (clay)
	Romania	1
									5	Argentina	1
Santiago, Chile (clay)
									3	Spain	3
	Chile	1
			Austin, United States (indoor hard)
6	United States	4
			6	United States	1
Charleroi, Belgium (indoor hard)
			3	Spain	3
	Belgium	1
						Córdoba, Spain (clay)
3	Spain	4
						3	Spain	4
Zagreb, Croatia (indoor hard)
						2	France	1
	Germany	3
			Stuttgart, Germany (clay)
8	Croatia	2
				Germany	1
Vienna, Austria (indoor clay)
			2	France	4
	Austria	2

2	France	3

Final[edit]

Spain
3

Estadio Olímpico, Seville, Spain^[4]^[5]
2–4 December 2011
Clay (i)

Argentina
1

		1	2	3	4	5
1	Rafael Nadal Juan Mónaco	6 1	6 1	6 2
2	David Ferrer Juan Martín del Potro	6 2	6² 7⁷	3 6	6 4	6 3
3	Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco David Nalbandian / Eduardo Schwank	4 6	2 6	3 6
4	Rafael Nadal Juan Martín del Potro	1 6	6 4	6 1	7⁷ 6⁰
5	David Ferrer David Nalbandian						not played

World Group play-offs[edit]

Date: 16–18 September

The eight losing teams in the World Group first round ties and eight winners of the Zonal Group I final round ties will compete in the World Group play-offs for spots in the 2012 World Group.

Seeded teams

Unseeded teams

Home team	Score	Visiting team	Location	Venue	Door	Surface
Romania	0–5	Czech Republic	Bucharest	Centrul National De Tenis	Outdoor	Clay
Russia	3–2	Brazil	Kazan	Kazan Tennis Academy	Indoor	Hard
Israel	2–3	Canada	Ramat HaSharon	Canada Stadium	Outdoor	Hard
South Africa	1–4	Croatia	Potchefstroom	Fanie du Toit Sports Complex	Outdoor	Hard
Chile	1–4	Italy	Santiago	Estadio Nacional	Outdoor	Hard
Japan	4–1	India	Tokyo	Ariake Coliseum	Outdoor	Hard
Belgium	1–4	Austria	Antwerp	Lotto Arena	Indoor	Hard
Australia	2–3	Switzerland	Sydney	Royal Sydney Golf Club	Outdoor	Grass

Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic and Russia will remain in the World Group in 2012.
Canada, Italy, Japan and Switzerland are promoted to the World Group in 2012.
Australia, Brazil, Israel, and South Africa will remain in Zonal Group I in 2012.
Belgium, Chile, India and Romania are relegated to Zonal Group I in 2012.

Americas Zone[edit]

Group I[edit]

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw[edit]

Second-round play-offs

First-round play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Ecuador

Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)^[6]

bye

Guayaquil, Ecuador (clay)^[9]

1

Ecuador

3

1

Ecuador

2

Mexico

2

Metepec, Mexico (clay)^[7]

Canada

3

Mexico

1

Mexico City, Mexico (clay)

Canada

4

Mexico

0

Colombia

5

Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)^[8]

Uruguay

4

Colombia

1

Montevideo, Uruguay (clay)^[10]

Colombia

Uruguay

0

bye

2

Brazil

5

bye

2

Brazil

Mexico relegated to Group II in 2012.
Canada and Brazil advance to World Group play-off.

Group II[edit]

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw[edit]


Play-offs		First Round			Second Round			Third Round

		Lima, Perú (clay)

		1	Peru	5

Santa Tecla, El Salvador (clay)			Netherlands Antilles	0	Lima, Perú (clay)

Netherlands Antilles	2				1	Peru	3

El Salvador	3	Santa Tecla, El Salvador (clay)			3	Dominican Republic	1

		3	Dominican Republic	5

			El Salvador	0				Asunción, Paraguay (clay)

								1	Peru	3

		Mayagüez, Puerto Rico (hard)						4	Paraguay	1

			Puerto Rico	1

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico (hard)		4	Paraguay	4	Asunción, Paraguay (clay)

Puerto Rico	4				4	Paraguay	3

Haiti	1	Caracas, Venezuela (hard)			2	Venezuela	1

			Haiti	2

		2	Venezuela	3

Netherlands Antilles and Haiti relegated to Group III in 2012.
Peru promoted to Group I in 2012.

Group III[edit]

Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados – promoted to 2012 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II
Bolivia – promoted to 2012 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group II
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Honduras
Jamaica

Honduras and Jamaica finished in the relegation places. However, in 2012 Groups III and IV were merged, so no demotion occurred.

Group IV[edit]

Panama – promoted to 2012 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III
Trinidad and Tobago – promoted to 2012 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group III
U.S. Virgin Islands - promoted by default, as Groups III and IV were merged for 2012

Asia/Oceania Zone[edit]

Group I[edit]

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw[edit]

Second Round Play-offs

First Round Play-offs

First Round

Second Round

1

Australia

bye

Beijing, China (indoor hard)

bye

1

Australia

3

Chinese Taipei

Shanghai, China (indoor hard)

China

1

Chinese Taipei

2

China

3

Chinese Taipei

3

Philippines

2

Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines (clay)

Philippines

1

Hawera, New Zealand (indoor hard)

Japan

3

Kobe, Japan (indoor hard)

Philippines

0

Japan

4

New Zealand

5

Namangan, Uzbekistan (indoor clay)

2

Uzbekistan

1

New Zealand

2

Uzbekistan

3

Philippines relegated to Group II in 2012.
Australia and Japan advance to World Group Play-off.

Group II[edit]

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw[edit]


Play-offs		First Round			Second Round			Third Round

		Changwon, South Korea (hard)

		1	South Korea	4

Victoria Park, Hong Kong (hard)			Syria	1	Gimcheon, South Korea (hard)

Syria	1				1	South Korea	4

Hong Kong	4	Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (hard)			4	Pakistan	0

		4	Pakistan	3

			Hong Kong	2				Gimcheon, South Korea (hard)

								1	South Korea	3

		Tehran, Iran (indoor clay)						2	Thailand	0

			Iran	2

Guam (hard)		3	Indonesia	3	Nonthaburi, Thailand (hard)

Iran	1				3	Indonesia	1

Pacific Oceania	4	Guam (hard)			2	Thailand	4

			Pacific Oceania	0

		2	Thailand	5

Syria and Iran relegated to Group III in 20.
South Korea promoted to Group I in 20.

Group III[edit]

Kuwait
Lebanon – promoted to 2012 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II
Malaysia
Myanmar – relegated to 2012 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV

Oman
Sri Lanka – promoted to 2012 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group II
United Arab Emirates – relegated to 2012 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV
Vietnam

Group IV[edit]

Bahrain
Bangladesh – promoted to 2012 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III
Iraq
Jordan

Kyrgyzstan – promoted to 2012 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone Group III
Qatar
Singapore
Turkmenistan

Europe/Africa Zone[edit]

Group I[edit]

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw[edit]

Second-round play-offs

First-round play-offs

First round

Second round

1

Israel

Ramat HaSharon, Israel (hard)

bye

1

Israel

3

Poland

2

Poland

Espoo, Finland (indoor hard)

bye

Poland

2

Finland

3

Italy

Arzachena, Italy (clay)

bye

3

Italy

5

Ljubljana, Slovenia (indoor clay)

Finland

Slovenia

0

Finland

2

Slovenia

3

Kharkiv, Ukraine (indoor hard)

Ukraine

2

Potchefstroom, South Africa (hard)

Netherlands

3

Ukraine

Netherlands

1

bye

4

South Africa

3

bye

Bratislava, Slovakia (indoor hard)

4

South Africa

Ukraine

1

Cruz Quebrada, Portugal (clay)

Slovakia

4

Portugal

4

Bern, Switzerland (indoor hard)

Slovakia

1

Slovakia

Portugal

0

bye

2

Switzerland

5

bye

2

Switzerland

Poland and Ukraine relegated to Group II in 2012.
Israel, Italy, South Africa, and Switzerland advance to World Group play-off.

Group II[edit]

Seeds:

Remaining Nations:

Draw[edit]


Play-offs			First round			Second round			Third round

			Bolton, Great Britain (indoor hard)

			1	Great Britain	4
Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)						Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)
				Tunisia	1
	Tunisia	2				1	Great Britain	4
			Dublin, Ireland (indoor hard)
8	Ireland	3					Luxembourg	1
			8	Ireland	2
									Glasgow, Great Britain (indoor hard)
				Luxembourg	3
									1	Great Britain	5
			Minsk, Belarus (indoor hard)
										Hungary	0
			3	Belarus	4
Sofia, Bulgaria (indoor hard)						Gödöllő, Hungary (clay)
				Bulgaria	1
	Bulgaria	2				3	Belarus	2
			Nicosia, Cyprus (hard)
5	Cyprus	3					Hungary	3
			5	Cyprus	0

				Hungary	5

			Marrakech, Morocco (clay)

				Morocco	2
Vilnius, Lithuania (clay)						Tuzla, Bosnia and Herz. (indoor hard)
			6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
	Morocco	5				6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3
			Tallinn, Estonia (indoor hard)
4	Lithuania	0					Estonia	2
				Estonia	3
									Hillerød, Denmark (indoor hard)
			4	Lithuania	2
									6	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2
			Kolding, Denmark (indoor carpet)
										Denmark	3
				Denmark	3
Thessaloniki, Greece (clay)						Frederiksberg, Denmark (clay)
			7	Monaco	2
7	Monaco	3					Denmark	3
			Thessaloniki, Greece (clay)
	Greece	2				2	Latvia	2
				Greece	1

			2	Latvia	4

Tunisia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, and Greece relegated to Group III in 2012.
Great Britain and Denmark promoted to Group I in 2012.

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Group III Europe[edit]

Malta
Moldova – promoted to 2012 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Montenegro
Norway
San Marino
Turkey – promoted to 2012 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II

Group III Africa[edit]

Algeria
Benin
Cameroon
Congo
Ivory Coast
Egypt – promoted to 2012 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Gabon

Ghana
Kenya
Madagascar – promoted to 2012 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Nigeria
Rwanda
Zambia
Zimbabwe

References[edit]

^ Davis Cup site
^ "Davis Cup scorecards – 2011". daviscup.com. ITF.
^ "Draw made for 2011 Davis Cup". daviscup.com. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
^ "Spain v Argentina". daviscup.com.
^ "La Federación elige a Sevilla para la final de la Davis". El País (in Spanish).
^ "Ecuador v Mexico". daviscup.com.
^ "Mexico v Canada". daviscup.com.
^ "Uruguay v Colombia". daviscup.com.
^ "Ecuador v Canada". daviscup.com.
^ "Uruguay v Brazil". daviscup.com.
^ "2011 Zone Group-II Draws". daviscup.com. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.

External links[edit]

Official Site

[1] Davis Cup site

[2] "Davis Cup scorecards – 2011". daviscup.com. ITF.

[3] "Draw made for 2011 Davis Cup". daviscup.com. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.

[ESP_vs._ARG-4] "Spain v Argentina". daviscup.com.

[Final_venue-5] "La Federación elige a Sevilla para la final de la Davis". El País (in Spanish).

[ECU_vs._MEX-6] "Ecuador v Mexico". daviscup.com.

[MEX_vs._CAN-7] "Mexico v Canada". daviscup.com.

[URU_vs._COL-8] "Uruguay v Colombia". daviscup.com.

[ECU_vs._CAN-9] "Ecuador v Canada". daviscup.com.

[URU_vs._BRA-10] "Uruguay v Brazil". daviscup.com.

[11] "2011 Zone Group-II Draws". daviscup.com. 22 September 2010. Retrieved 22 September 2010.

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